Display attachment for barrels.



Patented Feb, 4, 1913.

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JAMES XV. BUFFER, OF XVAS-HXFIGTGH CURT OHIO.

UISYLAY TTAHMENT FR BARRELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom.. z'z may concern. l

Be it ltnoivn that l, JAMES W. Durme, a citizen of the Unit-ed States,residing at- VVashington Court House, in the county ot' Fayette andState or" (liio, have invented certain new and useful improvements'inDisplay Attnclnnente for Barrels;7 ot which the tollowiiig` is aspecitication.Y

My invention pertains to display attachments for barrels and iscomprised of an improved structure of attachment for barrels of any sizeor forni, which is of such a nature that a glance at a barrel of anyniaterial wherein iny devicel is utilized, `will indicate to the Casualoiieerver that the bar rel is filled with material and yet the nctunlquantity of material therein contained may vary in depth from a fewinches to one or two feet. It is )Vireteralzlle in the use of devieee otthis` type to lnire a @our parati vely Slight depth of innterial in thebarrel, since any coneiderable depth gein erally causes a deteriorationin the n1nterial beneath the snrtate.

My invention contei'nplates the ilirorisitin ot a .etructure or deviceot this nature which extremely simple and which is readily adjustable tovarying sizes ot l arrels, being affixed with con'iparative rigidity inthe desired position by prongs carrie-.d upon the .relatively movableelements ntilized therein. It will be understood from this that mydevice desirably eonii'iriees` a center piece and a plurality ofradially adjustable elements, the whole eoi'nprining a supportingrsurface of variable area. The elements in question are desiralily movedinwardly or outwardly by leverage inertia-- nient and are each de niilvprovided 'with i prong'eI extending beyond their enter ed p Thepreferred embodiment ot iny im n tion is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which similarT characters of reference designatecoi-respondng` parte, and in Which-- Figure 1 is a vertical section of abarrel with my invention applied thereto.l Fig. 2 is a top plan View ofmy attaclnnent, 11ndl` Fig. 3 is a bottoni plan view thereof, showingthe leverage mechanism and means of connection.

In the drawings.y the att as comprising a center pie sirahly of distotori holt if ri i ther .el

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preferred embodiment of my in- Yvention7 I desirahly utilize toursegmental members which artl secured to the center piece l by holt. andlSlot coniiections. These four seeniental pieces are respectivelydesignated T, 8, il) and l0 and the Slot and holt ronnectionfe are dsignated o?.4 8b, Sii., l0, 1Gb. lhene slots nod bolt c=nixieetiene aresuch as to permit. o direct more ment radially outward. .ln my preferredronstruction, the bolts are upon the renter piece` while the .slots areformed in thelsegmental member Mounted upon each. of the segmentalmembers is a prong elei'nent and theSe prong` elen'ient-S :irerespectively designated 7, S, D and 10C. The ends of the segmentalmembers overlap in the. torni shown and are connected by pin and slotconne-cileno, such pin and slot connections being designated in thedrawings as ll, l2, 13 and lll. The segmental members 7, 8, t) and lt)are under the control ot' the collar member 4 and :ire individually anddirectly connected vtlnireto by poeh rode4 7, "i, it and i Three g illywat tl" in the i upon in 'in opa on, the (levied which is shown incollapeed or comparatively eollapaedcondition in Fig. is placed Within abarrel and the handle nut. 5 is rotated to torce the collar or thimhle 4upwardly. This acts to more the push rodel toward n horizontal position:ind thereby results in forcing the segmental members radially outward.The rndiallxY outward movement of theee segt i ltSin t'lriving 'theinterior wall of the :i comparatively .ineens of attech- Ynin the barretit the removal of the device is effected by a reverse series of lsteps.elements being slidebly mounted upon Said It will be seen that I haveprovided a' center piece and being slidably connected l structure offalse bottom for barrels which to earch other by a pin and slotconnection.

radially extensible pronged elements, said 5 is of extreme simplicityand ready applica- In testimony whereof I affix my signa- 1.5 rtion tobarrels of considerable variation in ture in presence of two Witnesses.

size. JAMES lV. DUFFEE.

What I claim, is- Witnesses: A. display attachment for barrels com- W.H. DIAL,

1o prismg a center piece, and a plurality of] ANNA PAssMoRE.

